Wallpaper steaming device



Feb. 24, 1942. B. BARBER WALLPAPER STEAMING DEVICE Filed Nov. 29, 1940Patented Feb. 24, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALLPAPER STEAMIN GDEVICE I Bert Barber, Decatur, Ill. Application November 29, 1940,Serial No. 367,&54

1 Claim.

The invention relates to wall paper steaming device, and has for itsobject to provide a sup- 'porting stand for a steaming element wherebythe steaming element may be held in engagement with a ceiling or a sidewall, and at various positions on the side wall without moving the standthereby allowing the ,entire side wall to be steamed for removing paperfrom the same.

A further object is to provide a wall paper steamer stand comprising anupright formed from telescopic members and provided with means whereby asteamer may be supported, yieldably, on its upper end against theceiling.

A further object is to provide one of the telescopic sections of theupright with an outwardly extending arm, in which arm is adjustablymounted a steamer supporting arm terminating in yieldable means forholding a steamer against a side wall and in any desired position on theside wall.

A further object is to support the steaming pan by means oi an armextending into an aperture thereof, and to provide an expansion springaround said arm and engaging the pan for forcing the same into closeengagement with a ceiling or wall.

With the above and other objects in View the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figura 1 is a side elevation of steamer stand.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional View through a portion of the standshowing the adjusting means. e p

Referrng to the drawing, the numeral l designates the base of the standwhich is sufficiently large and of suificient weight'to maintain thestand as a whole in an upright position, as shown in Figure 1. Extendingupwardly from the base l is a lower telescopic section 2, in which isslidably mounted an intermediate telescopic section 3. The telescopicsection is held in various raised or lowered positions by means of a setscrew 4. Telescopically disposed within the intermediate section 3 isthe upper section 5, held in various adjusted positions by means of aset screw 6. By this telescopic arrangement of parts a wide range ofoperation of the, device is obtained for low or high ceilings. The upperend of the upper section 5 is provided with a shoulder 1, and theextreme upper end of the section 5 is received in an aperture 8 of asteam-pan 9, adapted to be held closely against the ceiling or sidewall. To accomplish a close engagement of the pan an expansion spring ois provided around the section 5 and interposed between the shoulder 'Iand the pan, hence it will be seen that the expansive action of thespring will positively hold the pan against the ceiling for the steamingoperation.

Extending outwardly from one side of the intermediate section 3 is ashaft ll on which is rotatably mounted a sleeve 12, and said sleeve isheld in rotative adjustment by means of a set screw [3. 'The outer endof the sleeve |2 terminates in a transverse sleeve !4 in which isslidably mounted a steamer supporting arm !5, and the arm !5 is heldagainst axial movement by means of a set screw Hi. By manipulating theset screws l3 and !6, rotating the sleeve |2 and adjustingthe steamersupporting arm l5, it will be seen that the pan 9 may be adjusted andheld in any position desired on the side wall I'I of a room for asteaming operation. One end of the supporting arm !5 terminates in aright angularly disposed portion I 8 which is received in the aperture 8of the pan and surrounding said arm l8 and interposed between a shoulder19 and the pan is an expansion spring 20 which holds the pan 9 in closeengagement with th side wall for the steaming operation. The steamingpan 9 may be of any construction, that is a self container steamer, or.one wherein the steam is obtained from some other source of supply.

From the above it will be seen that a wall paper steaming device is.provided which is simple in construction and one wherein a ceilingsteaming pan or a side wall steaming pan may be supported in a mannerwhereby the entire surfaces of the ceiling or wall may be steamed for awall paper i of towards a ceiling, an outwardly extending arm carried byone of the telescopic sections of the upright, a rotatable sleeve onsaid outwardly extending member, means for holding said sleeve invarious rotated positions, a transverse sleeve carried by the outer endof the rotative sleeve, a steamer supporting arm axially adjustable inthe transverse sleeve and in a plane parallel to the telescopic upright,a horizontal arm carried by one end of the steamer supporting arm andadapted to engage a steamer and hold the same against a wall and anexpansion spring interposed between said last named steamer and ashoulder carried by the steamer supporting arm.

BERT BARBER.

